Police officer and 15 Halifax men appear in court over historical child sexual exploitation
and live on Freeview channel 276
The allegations against the defendants happened between 2006 to 2009 against three female victims, who were between the ages of 13 and 16 at the time.
The variety of offences include rape, supplying drugs, sexual assault, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, making threats to kill and trafficking.
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Hide AdThe men will appear at Bradford Crown Court on January 20 for a plea and preparation hearing.
Those charged are:
Vaqaas Abbas, 30 of Halifax, charged with rape (x3) and supply of a class C drug (x3).
Nadeem Adalat, 34 of Halifax, charged with rape (x4) and supply of a class C drug (x4).
Sajid Adalat, 43 of Halifax, charged with rape.
Vaseem Adalat, 33 of Halifax, charged with rape (x2), trafficking, and supply of a class C drug.
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Hide AdAmjad Ditta aka Amjad Hussain, 35, a police constable based within West Yorkshire Police’s Protective Services Operations, charged with sexual touching.
Christopher Eastwood, 45 of Halifax, charged with rape (x2) and supply of a class C drug (x2).
Metab Islam, 46 of Halifax, charged with rape (x6), supply of a class C drug (x6), sexual assault (x2) and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Mohammed Rizwan Iqbal, 34 of Halifax, charged with rape.
Ishtiaq Latif, 32 of Halifax, charged with sexual activity with a child.
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Hide AdAsad Mahmood, 33 of Halifax, charged with rape (x2) and trafficking.
Arfan Mir, also known as Khalifa Mughal, 36 of Halifax, charged with rape (x6), supply of a class C drug (x3), supply of a class A drug and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Younis Mohammed aka Younis Khan, 34 of Halifax, charged with rape and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.
Nadeem Nassir, 39 of Halifax, charged with rape, supply of a class C drug and making threats to kill.
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Hide AdShahzad Nawaz, 40 of Halifax, charged with rape, supply of a class C drug and making threats to kill.
Shazad Nazir, 44 of Halifax, charged with rape (x2) and supply of a class C drug (x2).
Sohail Zafar, 36 of Halifax, charged with rape and supplying a class C drug.
Amjad Ditta is suspended from duty. He was a serving police officer at the time of an alleged offence in 2009.